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The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1887-03-19
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The Closing of our Public Schools.
NEAR MASON AND DINoN's LINE.

NEAR MASON AND DINoN's LINE.
March -. 1857.
Dear Editor:-Your last weeks issue
OF ! HE NHIG found It's way I" our re
tired locality, few days since, aud con.
tanned the announcement that the pub
lie schools of the county must close their
doors on the 18th of April. To say that
this piece of information struck conster
nation to our rustic hearts would teeOly
express our meaning. With the long
aud hard winter Just gone, and the I'M
passable condition OF the roads. our chIl-
dren have been kept from school tor
many weeks, necessarily. and now, when
the weather would permit their attend.
auce, to have the schools abruptly stop,
is a deprivation and disapp nintmeuJ that
only country people can luliy appreciate.
II the present outlook Is the Iiudi one for
the school year, the children Will have to
await i'll enforced patleHce the arrival OF
September. when they may snatch IA few
weeks instruction before the SHOWS and
froSts lmprISOn them az ain. 10 be sure
the teachers may make up private classes,
but even tins Will help but little those
who are supposed to ue benefited 10y the
public schools, they not being able 10 pay
the fees necessary TO the support OF pr
vate classes, and thus our school build
iugs with their barred doors Will stand
for five months as giarlng monuments To
the lmpertectlon OF our educational syS-
tenn. The disorder seems ever ON the III
crease, aud with SO rapid strides that II
appears the supreme moment has arrived
III which this rctroSrad mast be checked.
More than parents aud pnpIlS suffer, too.
Teachers who have been engaged to work
for the year, and of curse have Songut
no other employment, are thrown IDLE tui
almost hall OF the Year. aud those who
have nothing to depend on save then
meagre hire, certainly must be cnbar.
raised to make both euuS of the year
meet, dep ived of one quarters salary.
Can there be no helping hand extended
Just hlO,r' Alter d levy Ior next year "a
whole term OF time valuable to teachers
and pupils will have been lost, and a loss
in this way is one that IA tuLure assess
meut, however bouutiiul can never atone
for. Would NOT immediate assess
ment, sufficient to run the schools up to
the end of the we II meet with the appro
baton of the people? | think | voice the
sentiment OF the taxpayers OF the county
in saying that such an act would lie re
garded as a public favor. Or it the tax.
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of continuing the schools through the
full year, and let our teachers put mp
with battered sUoveplpes. ricKety black
boards and those surviving prehistoric
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The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1887-03-19
KEEP TIE SCHOOLS OPEN.

We publish IN another column per-
tlnent and timely letter relative to the
early closing of the public schools and
recommend to the School Commits
sioners who will meet on Tuesday next
the suggestions which it contains. We
are not disposed to indulge rash crit
cisms upon the int efficiency of our pres
ent system. We have denounced, and
propose to continue our denunCiation
of the book fee nuisance, but we do say
in view of the supreme importance
both to scholars and teachers of having
our public schools kept open the entire
academic year, that this unwelCome
condition suggests public inquiry as to
the defects of our present system. The
tax payers of Cecil county are ready to
bear the necessary expense OF their
public schools. 1t is tax they willingly
pay, and they have right to expect
that the management OF the system
shall be satisfactory. As we suggested
last week, we think in Justice to them
selves, the Board of School Commits
soners should make public explana-
ton Of the reasons of early closing,
since the people have right to know
where the responsibility for it Justly
rests. Besides they should publish an
nually minute and detailed report OF
current expenses, which should accom-
pany the general statement of county
expenses. To bridge over the present
embarrassment, and to allay the deep
feeling everywhere existing throughout
the county over this matter of early
closing, we think the board should at
It's next meeting negotiate a temporary
law, to complete the academic year.
We believe public sentiment would fully
sustain them If doing so.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1887-03-19

KrFERRING 10 the publication Of its
charge that gamblers had been pro-
tected bv means of brides paid to a
city editor, the Philadelphia Times of
March 18th publishes the following just
observations of the nature of the wrong
These wrongs affect not only the
owners and editor OF the public journal
they affect the entire community that
is reached and that credits the integrity
OF It's family newspaper, and they gravely
affect the newspaper profession. The
Times made the publication solely Oe-
caISe the pubic good, that is SO largely
affected by the honesty or dishonesty
of journalism, clearly demanded it. 1t
would have made the same pu bhcation
had any other city editor, or any other
Philadelphia newspaper, been thus i'm
plcated by one OF It's responsible. edl
tors. 1t would have made the same
publication had it exposed the city ed
tor, or and other responsible editor Of
the Times. 1t was made public to
halt the various grades of bldckmail
which shame the newspaper profession
to teach the Just appreciation OF the
responsibility imposed and the honor
implied in the responsible direction of
public journals, and to command for
Journalism the popular respect and
trust without which 1t is reproach to
itself and to the community. The break
ing up OF he literal Matchmaking OF
crime by newspapers strikes at the root
OF the countless methods of journalistic
blackmail which fl unt newspaper men
delaney aud lnsolenCe to command
hotels, railways, places of amusement,
shops, wines, and dinners, and play
those who are in any way dependent
upon popular favor for all they are
worth in the name of journalism. These
men are not journalists in any honest
sense, any more than the shyster, is a
lawyer, or the abortionist a doctor, or
the pulpit adventurer minister. Iney
are the dead beats Of the profession,
but there is not a newspaper publisher
of repute who does not know how, in
the guise OF semi gentllity, they teach
contempt for journalism. If journalism
would command respect, it must Ie
spect itself and that is the single les
son the Times has aimed to teach in
the case of Mr.. HoeCkleY.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1887-03-19
The Taxpayer and Not the School Coz
missioners to Blame.
ELkroN, March /. h, Is,

EIKroN, March 1;-h, 1851.
Editor Of Whig:-Whle quite number
of the teachers are censurng the crunt,
comm lSSlonerS tor causing the publIc
schools to be closed, | am not Inclined to
think they are to blame. II the tlxpty-
ers were not constantly complaining
about the enormous taxes the couIt,
commissioners would levy :. create.
amount of tax. They, the taxpayers. Il
expect few have children To educ4te)
harp too about the closing -! the schoniS
but touch a man pocket, especially
when his taxes educate more than MS
own numb of children. lie being able
to send his children elsewhere will never
raise his tiuger to urge more tax The
state OF Maryland has never .uily opened
her eyes to the great want OF the poorer
classes OF her citizens, the very ones VINO
otteutImeS elect men who cry out taxes
too great The present board of county
commissioners, with public sentiment to
back it up. would levy all the taxes need
ed. l. It them do so If they come out
for office there would be more cutting
and scratching at the election than ever
before.
Now that | have excused the county
commissioners let m, give those some ad
vice-you who are growing about the
close of the schools Next tall elect IN
to the legislature who will see that our
school commissioners can receive the
needed amount; see the coupsy commis-
siOners levy it, that the taxpayers pay it.
and make every young MAJ who votes
pay a poll-taX Then we will have four
terms. gu are aware that county com
misSlOners are elected to do What the
taxpayers want them to. Tue school
commissioners are appointed. Lam So
glad that the responsibility of closing tue
schools does not rest on either the school
or county commissioners. and THIS terri
ole catastrophe that has been hIoH4ht
about should be Shouldered b, the proper
persons-the taxp.! ers.
If when the county commissioners meet
again the taxpayers unanlm1u~iy ask Ter
more money they will get IT, Every tax
payer i'll the county would ride To Eiktuu
to read IA road law apparently obnoxious
to many IA taxpayer. Why not ride to
E!kton when such an important question
IS pending? the county commissioners
made a bold stroke when they rebuilt the
court house, a holder ole when tuey
were obliged to have an extra room at
the insane asylum, but it was sad
blunder When they voiced the taxpayers
sentiments to close the schools. Our
commissioners hardly ever hold over
more than two years. y :Xt fall let the
taxpayers advise the county commission
and 1t will be well with teachers, chill
dren and parents. "God speed the day
when the schools are open for tour terms.
j IrSTICE.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1887-03-19

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The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1887-03-19

You'll see plenty OF ladies'
suits this season made entirely
OF the all wool or lk-and-wool
checks and plaids. Paris has
said it. That would be enough
to fix the fashion if the effect
were ugly; but it isn't. The
check and plaid makers have
outdOnc themselves. Such
blending of color, such novelties
of weave, such brilliant and
pleasing combinations were
never before seen in goods of
this kind. a few big plaids,
very big, but by a trick of
weave or coloring they lose the
staring holiness of bare big
ness. There's high art in every
pattern, and the patterns are
by scores, each in a dozen or
more colors. They say that
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1887-03-19

It'll be crazy Grape yaer.
Last year fixed it. You saw
the CRATES and they conquered.
Fine, hardtwisted; irregularly-
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in the sun. Lighter than seer
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Cream and white grounds; a
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The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1887-03-19

THE capitalpunishment law in Maine
has been repealed, and imprisonment
Tor life is substituted for death IN all
cases of murder in the first degree.
"Such convicts, however, are to be kept
in close confinement, away from all
associations" and no pardoning power
is left to the Governor and Council I'M
less the convict is proved innocent.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1887-03-19

church funds lie said il chagrins and
pauperIZes the church, fosters the sin of
aud is recreant to public
worship, He also reported the progress
of the Iocal-optiOn cause i'll the state OF
Delaware, and said there was scarcely a
rum shop in Kent county except in the
town of smyrna, and intimated that that
was because the proper remonstrance
had not been made To the judges of the
court who have the power to grant or
refuse license to sell whiskey. Rev.
MIR. QuIgg, the pastor in charge at
smyrna, objected to the statement and
after am animated discussion it was mod
flied In the afternoon the anniversary
of the historical society was held.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1887-03-19

\ man, whose name would have been
good on a check for 1000, 900 not
long, spent two hours in the back office
Of Wall street broker one day last
week waiting to get the chance to Dor
row $40 from one who used to be his
clerk. Speculation had brought him
poverty and made the clerk a million
ARE, all within a year or two.-N y
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1887-03-19
ssEHE+WHIGs.

frr-e8..asntIy rsiuGJie for its Local as rel GEN
crGI Intelligence, AewS Communications are respect
tity solicited from all sections Of the County, in
addition 10 the ceckty contributions Of its regular
corps Of correspondents. Anonymous communicd-
TONS VH rec-ire attention. the name Of the
rrifer being required in all cases as guarantee Of
nund tnIth.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1887-03-19
Opinion of a Landing Editor.

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every reader who is in i'll health to buy it,
we would willingly vouch for the benefit
each would receive-Ed. Cincinnati Gazette.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1887-03-19

nowhere else in the United
States can such a gathering of
wool or silk and-wool plaids
and checks be found. Mostly
a. inches wide; IS cents to
SI.5O a yard.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1887-03-19
Notice to DelinQuents.

Taxpayers, who have not settled with
me, will please take notice, that if not paid
before April LIST next, bills against them
will I've placed in the hands of the sheriff
for levy and sale of property. Full amount
of interest from September LIST 1886, IN us
be included in all payments.
CHARLES +. MOORE,
March II st. Treasurer.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1887-03-19

There's economy as we'll as
comfort in simple, common
sense cooking. Mrs. Rorer' S
Cook Book tells you nothing
that hasn't been proved. 1t
tells YOU more that is of every
day use to the average cook
than any other cool: book we
know of. SI.25.
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TERMS OF SU DESCRIPTION :
ADVERTISING RATES:

.ceai matter Ten Cents line for single insertion.
uuridge aud Eeah Notices inserted grdf"tousiy.
OGuucrirs triH be charged hat the usual .ate Of
.'aSient local matter.
transient tes-Eigtt cents line for one. and
Four ccnts line for erery additional insertion.
one inch Of space counted as itreIre lines. One
rrElmn FIRE Dollars per inch one year fonr
chdI geS GH0rsd TO yearly advertisers rithouf add
to al charge.
TIE circulation Of The Hhig beng among the most
Intelligent classes Of Cecil county and the adjoining
counties OF Maryland, Pennsylvania and Deidtrare,
n proprietor confidently recommends 1t 10 Business
ncl as q most desirable medium for remlncrGttce
cJcertiSin9. To maintain its high standard as @
family journal. offensive Objectionable ddper
easements rH be admitted at any prtce
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1887-03-19

The cheapest baby carriage
we have is 50. Cheap not from
being sighted, but from plain
ness. Strong wicker boly, ser
vlceable running parts, COM
tortably upholstered and some
fancy work-not much. Price
goes from there to wherever
you say. You can select the
parts and have a carriage put
together to your mini, finished
as YOU will. Special coaches
upholstered in satin and plush,
ribbon trimmed, satin parasols,
$3.50, 5000, and SIS. The
budding President'll be as
happy in one of them as in one
for-So. His mother may be
a little prouder.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1887-03-19

\ tliicts nearly every one in the spring. The
system having become accustomed to the
braciug air of winter, is weakened by the
warm days of the changing season, and
readily yields to attacks of disease. Hood ;
Sarsaparllla is just the medicine needed
1t tones and hul!ds up every part of the
body, and also expeis all impurities from
the blood. Try it this season. s
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1887-03-19

Something new in Bed
Spreads. Sightliness of Mar
settles, lightness and airiness of
Honeycomb. S1.5o.
Honeycomb, Marseilles pat
tern, 90 cents to SI.o5.
Narseilles, Sis to So.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1887-03-19

IT is a common saying that the good
boys" die young. Under the rule, how
ever. of the survival of the fittest, oCca-
sional instances occur, in which the ex-
hibition of manly qualities justifles es-
pecial notice. If the case be an au-
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1887-03-19

If your eyes are weak or fail
ing a pair of spectacles may
save them. 81 to S.. One
pair of eyes in a lifetime.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1887-03-19

Trouting time near by.
What d'you think OF fishing
tackle at Wanamaker prices
Anythiny-rods, reels, lines,
leaders, flies, hooks, artitl, ,ial
bats. Twill interest and may
profit the anglers to look them
over.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1887-03-19
ELkTON. MARCH 10, 1887.

Local matter has pressed us to cur
tail editorial comment this week. Very
possibly we may have pleased our read
ers by the act.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1887-03-19

We publish on the first page an ex
ceIlent paper from the pen of Dr..
Richard +. Ely of Johns Hopkins Uni
versity on systematic charity.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1887-03-19
Order Of Publication.


! n the Circuit Court for Cecil county. in Equity
Tn" object nt this bill il TO proc ire div re a
rjnCuiO mdfrimoIii' OF the plaintiff from de
len, ant he ~ trin NJ Il < r.
|. The bill alleges that the plaintiff and de
enda mt were IN irried On the fourth day OF Dct"-
her. in the year eighteen hundred and STAT two,
and that by said marriage she had no child rrn
=. That though the conduct vi the plain II to-
W I'd the said defendant has alwaIs been kIni
ali { Ionarc and above rep -oach the said defend
ant has without any just cause or reason abb IL
done and deserted her, and that such aba don
Inent has continued unint-rruPtedly for at lie st
three years, and i d liberate and final and the
separation ot the parties beyond any reasonable
expectation OF reconciliation
). That The said Benjamin NJ. RACER resides
outside OF the State Ut Mary land
4 That the painful is and has been for more
than two years Il resident of Cecil county i'll said
State.
1t is thereupon ordered ' the court this 18th
cause il copy oi this order, together with the oh
lect and substance vi the bill. to he inserted in
some newspaper Dui lshed in Cecil county aIure
SAID. once week Tor one month before the 10th
day OF April next. giving notice to the defendant
in SAID hlll, aud Warming him 10 appear III this
Court i'll person. or by solicitor. or before the
10Th day Of July next. to show cause, il any he
has, why decree shall not pass as PRAYED.
IA NJ rs A. DAVIS,
CLERK OF the Circuit Court Tor Cecil CO.
True tupS-ieSt:
Mar ly-+l JAMES A. DAVIS. Clerk.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1887-03-19

For weak lungs, splitting of blood, short
ness OF breath, consumption. mgnt-Swrtts
And all lingering coughs, DR.. PIerce'S Col
den Medical Discovery" Is sovereign FEM
edy. superior To cod liver OIL. by drug
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1887-03-19
NOTICE.

The looks of REESE n FIR ;EMAN having
been assigned TO the undersigned, all persons in
debted to the firm no fled I" make an IunIne
di tie settlement OF their accounts. Payment may
be made at the store to X G. X e~e.
JOHN +. WRIT
March l9-tt Assignee.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1887-03-19
Wednesday, the Odd of Marcel
ORDER NISl.

In re: the mortgaged Real Estate OF Samuel J..
IcnnesS
In the Circuit Court for C,cil county. No. l4O5
Equity.
n2nERED. this 9th day of March,
" 1887, that the sale OF the property mentioned
in these proceedings made and reported by Rob
crt G.. ThHckerN. attorney. be ratified and con-
tirmed. unl' IS cause to the contrary thereof be
shown on or before the 18th day of May next;
provided IL copy OI tins order be inserted in some
newspaper printed AID published in Cecil county
once IL week Tor one month before the 18th day Of
April next. The report states the smount OF sal les
to be -. $50. JAMES A. DAVIS,
True copy-Test: clerk
March l2-5t JAS. 4. DAVIS, Clerk
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1887-03-19

In a year and a half we We
sold morn 10000 Perfection
BustleS. The name fits. IS
cents.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1887-03-19

MIR. George B. Westcort, president of
the CnesrertOwn National Bank, and one of
the oldest men in Kent county is lying dan
gerously i'll and is not expected to live.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1887-03-19

T OSr-On Sunday last dark plaid
lIwoolen shawl, either on Main street. Elkton.
or on the plank road TO Andora. A suitable re-
ward will be paid for its return to the office OF the
pul,, ills ElkIop Md. +
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Notice Against a Promissory Note.

All persons are heret notified neither to dis
count nor IL ceINe IN course OI 'raue a cit III
plomlSSory note iur 70 dated ou Or about The I'D
day of February, 1857. signed by the subscriber
payable mCnths aIIer ate to the order OF
James A. Shippers. NJ the National b INK OF Eth
ton Md endorsed b. said Shippers and now or
recently i'll the POSSESSION OF Theodore Bye. Of
Louisville, Pa. l will not pay said note as have
4 - od and valid dc fcnsc d. alnst It.
Mar !y-it ROBERT &. LARIELERE
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1887-03-19
ILLI<TO\. Maryland.
Mrs.L. Litzenberg
ETL,fOn, M.

This Kid Glove is the best in The
market, it has all the merits OF the
Musquctaire and also of the La cd
glove, without their defects. In
short, it is The on,y perfect Kid
Glove. Being the last new patent
one store controls the sale OF it.
Do not get it confused with "Ma-
ther's' old glove patent; it has
been sold in Elkton, and while the
glove was good. this being ar adj
dilional new patent is better
Buttoned Kid Gloves,goo quail
itv, 75c.; Undreostd Kid Gloves,
fine quality, 81; good laced h,id
Gloves. ST to SI.25; Mather's Pat
ent Fastening Kid Gloves. best
quality, $3.50, all coloIs; big job in
all Silk Gloves, new spring shades,
only 25c. A full line of CREPE
received this week. Elegant dou
bic fold Crepe for yelling; single
mourning ruche, collars and cuff.
some case of Millanatic six cord {
should buy this make, as it is h,
are not Mrs. Litzenberg is agen
establishme 1t. Old kid gloves m
equal to new, old dresses mad,
goods still selling at or below cost
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1887-03-19

When everything ELSE fails, DIR. Sags's
Catarrh Remedy cures.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1887-03-19

You can write for anything
we have. If you ask for sam
plies and don't know exactly
what you want give a hint that'll
hcI p us to select wisely.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1887-03-19
Corner Grocery For Sale.

For Sale, n good CORNER GROCERY
STORE with provisions. stock lease aud nxIur.s
Address Tor iulI particulars.
JOHN GORMAN
Mar ~ ut 7gJ ). 18th street, Phi \.